Jack and Roger similar or opposites? They have many similarities but also some very huge differences. Jack wants to be the leader of the island, and on the other side Roger hates the idea of rules that need to be followed. Jack enjoyed making rules even before he was on the island; he was the leader of the boys choir. Roger on the other hand is a sadist who threw rocks at the littluns. A main similarity between Jack and Roger is they both enjoyed the thrill of the hunt, which eventually turns them into savages. A passage from Chapter 4 shows how Jack was very similar to Roger as he declined into a true savage, away from the civilization, “His mind was crowded with memories; memories of the knowledge that had come to them when they closed …show more content…
Like I had said previously, Roger has a serious problem with authority, he doesn't understand why he has to follow the rules of the “tribe” or the group. The issue of authority really foreshadows what is to come later in the book, when everything comes to a head. Roger’s thinking seems to be very off, he has a serious mean streak, and honestly doesn't care what happens to anyone else on the island. This complete disregard for anyone but himself is problematic, especially when it comes to the others on the island, namely Roger and also Ralph. Roger was blood thirsty and was bound to kill someone, like he ended up doing to Piggy, “The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist.” (Golding, 1954). On the flip side, Jack tends to fall in line with Ralph, and is a natural born leader. He believes that the boys on the island need to be a “tribe”, and enjoys his position as leader of the “choir”. Jack truly wants to be the dictator of the island, he doesn't appreciate Ralph’s rise to power, and loathes the idea that he is the leader of the island over him. Jack was a leader but in the face of power he hid behind what he perceived to be, “The mask was a thing on it's own, behind which Jack hid, liberated from shame and self-consciousness.” (Golding, 1954). This fact is highly different from Roger’s mindset because Roger could really care less if he was the leader or dictator of the island, he wants nothing to do with power, and basically just wants utter anarchy. Even though Roger battled with an extreme savage style, he still had a pull on his heart strings to abide by civilization, this fact he struggled with especially in Chapter 4, “Roger gathered a handful of stones and began to throw them. Yet there was a space round Henry, perhaps six yards in diameter,